The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association (the Association), a relentless force changing the ...

The American Heart Association updated their CPR guidelines to include new ways to help someone choking and overdosing on ...

New guidelines out today switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts “the simplest step first” for traditional ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

Countless lives have been saved by the standard CPR method of 15 chest compressions for every two rescue breaths. That technique still works, but now trainers are preparing to teach CPR in a way that ...

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

A day after a 22-month-old boy’s life was saved by a neighbor who knew CPR, first responders are hoping the incident will reinforce the importance of everyone knowing the life-saving skill. The boy ...